threading together a combination of archive material, newly shot footage, and interviews with those at the centre of McLaren's life, Donaldson's film feels like a scrapbook detailing the Kiwi's prominent rise from a humble single-seater racer in NZ
a handful of dramatisations - intended to flesh out gaps in the narrative - jar while at times the film digs deep into detail in a way that threatens to alienate all but the most dedicated racing fans
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
by Ellie Walker-Arnott [Time Out London ]
